Jeremy Kyle brutally poked fun at Keir Starmer when promoting tickets for his new one-night show. TalkTV host Mike Graham and Jeremy’s ‘World Of Common Sense’ is coming to the O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire on November 15, but Kyle insisted that tickets would not be available for free. When giving a preview for the show, Jeremy said: “It is a one night only show – there’s no freebies by the way! I’m not having any of my colleagues say ‘Can I get a free ticket?'”, to which Mike said: “No, we’re not having any of that!” This savage dig refers to last year’s headlines when Keir Starmer accepted several freebies, tickets and gifts.

The Prime Minister admitted receiving gifts from prominent Labour donor Lord Alli last year, including “multiple pairs of glasses.” He later paid back £6,000 worth of hospitality and gifts, including four Taylor Swift concert tickets and four tickets to the races, but did not repay football tickets due to ‘security reasons’ like Rachel Reeves.

The Chancellor was also hit with criticism after she accepted free tickets to see a Sabrina Carpenter concert in London last year. The Daily Mail also claimed that Reeves confessed to receiving tickets worth £276 for the National Theatre in December to London’s South Bank, according to The Mirror.

On BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme, the Chancellor defended her decision to accept the free concert tickets at the time as “the right thing to do from a security perspective.”

Rachel Reeves defended her decision at the time over the free tickets (Image: Getty)
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Ms Reeves’ visit to the concert comes just months after a row was sparked over ministers accepting freebies. A change is being implemented with new guiding principles on when gifts should be accepted.

Speaking about the freebie, Ms Reeves said: “I went with a member of my family to see a concert a couple of weeks ago. I do now have security, which means it’s not as easy as it would have been in the past to just sit in a concert, although that would probably be a lot easier for everyone concerned.

“So, look, I took those tickets to go with a member of my family. I thought that was the right thing to do from a security perspective.”